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A Former Brazilian Football Confederation President Marco Polo Del Nero has been banned for life from Football by the FIFA Ethics Committee.
The 76-year-old was found guilty of bribery and corruption.
He was suspended last December over allegations that he received bribes in return for the awarding of media and marketing rights.
This followed the opening of ethics proceedings in 2015 after he was charged by United States authorities alongside 41 others in the corruption scandal which rocked the football's world governing body then.
Del Nero,was elected CFB President in 2003 and was a member of the FIFA Executive Committee until 2015.
Investigation against Mr Del Nero was opened on November 23 2015 and referred...to schemes in which he received bribes in exchange for his role in awarding contracts to companies for the media and marketing rights to various football tournaments, including the Copa America, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa do Brasil.
The Adjudicatory Chamber agreed with the recommendations of the investigatory chamber and found Mr Del Nero guilty of having violated art. 21 (Bribery and corruption), art. 20 (Offering and accepting gifts and other benefits), art. 19 (Conflicts of interest), art. 15 (Loyalty), and art. 13 (General rules of conduct) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.
Del Nero is banned for life from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and international level.
He has also fined€830,000.
More than 40 football and marketing officials and marketing agencies have been convicted, indicted or are awaiting sentence after pleading guilty.
Del Nero has been replaced as CBF President by Rogério Caboclo.
